Though recently mentioned in a “Comment”, I felt this was worthy of a post in itself…

LocalHarvest is a U.S.-based website that maintains a definitive and reliable “living” public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers’ markets, family farms, locally-grown produce, grass-fed meats, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area.

Their search engine can help you find local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages the wholly worthwhile direct contact with family farms in your local area.

The richness, variety, and flavor of our communities, food systems, and diets is in jeopardy. The quest for economic efficiency has brought us low prices and convenience through mega-supermarkets, agribusiness and factory farms, while taking away many other essential aspects of our food lives, like our personal relation with our food and with the people who produce it. The Buy Local movement is quickly taking us beyond the promise of environmental responsibility that the organic movement delivered to us, and awakening the U.S. to the importance of community, variety, humane treatment of farm animals, and social and environmental responsibility in regards to our food economy.

Enjoy!